DKR is in New York with Street, Koy, and Halsell to receive the McArthur Bowl as the football national champion in 1969. President Nixon is in attendance. Halsell is on DKR’s left shoulder. Koy is behind DKR, and Street is on DKR’s right shoulder. The Darrell K Royal Research Fund for Alzheimer’s Disease is advancing…
Article by Gilbert Rogin. Part of an article titled FLAMIN’ MAMIE’S BOUFFANT BELLES is below A BEAUTY-MINDED TEXAN PIONEERS A NEW GLAMOROUS LOOK IN WOMEN’S TRACK BY GILBERT ROGIN Early one-morning last month, when nothing was stirring in Abilene, Texas but the reels of Muzak tape in a storefront on North Fourth Street, Mrs. Margaret Ellison…
Former Texas coach Cliff Gustafson to be eulogized at where else: Disch-Falk Field Story by Kirk Bohls, Austin American-Statesman • Yesterday 4:12 PM The family of Cliff Gustafson will hold a celebration of the life of the legendary Texas baseball coach next week at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. The services will be held at 3 p.m….
Why a Former Student-Athlete Will Be Your Best Employee Follow Kirsten Dodds Published on November 19, 2015 Resource Development at United Way of Calgary and Area This past week I engaged in conversation with several other graduates from the University of British Columbia who were also members of the HEAT athletics program. This sample of…
JUAN CONDE – 5/30/2022 Billy, I Enjoyed Reading The Latest Edition Of Your Newsletter. DKR Hired Me In 1959 And I Remained On His Staff Until 1976 When He Retired. I Met The Talbert Brothers When I Worked In The Equipment Room As An Assistant To Mr. Jim Blaylock. The Meanest, Toughest Of The Talbert…
It takes a team to build a player from scratch Kenneth Sims would be the first to admit that it takes a team to build a great player. So much so that he said, “I’m so proud of my teammates because you can’t have a Hall of Fame career without a bunch of Hall of…
Lawrence Sampleton Reunion of Akers players prior to the September 15th, 2018 USC game. Lawrence Sampleton, Mike Chapman, Eric Holle, Mike Babbs, and John Haines at a party on September 14th team before the USC game. The shortest of these Towers is 6’4” . Coach Akers, Billy Dale (1969 team), Ham Jones Mike Baab and wife…
Dana LeDuc’s Mean and Tough list from the Aker’s era. 2022- Coach Vermeil with Dana at the NFL Hall of Fame ceremony. I recognize Dana’s sandals as a reproduction of one made in the late 1960s. ???? I think my mother has mine in the attic in Odessa. Billy, Going back in time, these are…
Unlike the highly organized 1882 ceremony, the 1934 event was very informal. There were no planned speeches, though among the spectators was 64-year old Arthur Stiles, the only person present to have seen the cornerstone set in place. He recounted the colorful parade that braved a true Texas Norther and the “rotund bearded figures” who…
Ken Dabbs was one of first football recruiting coordinators in the nation in 1974. “It wasn’t Coach Royal or Coach Akers who brought all those great football players to Texas. It was Coach Dabbs,” Earl Campbell said Thursday. “Everybody loves Coach Dabbs. He’s so down-to-earth.” One fall day in 1973, a nervous Ken Dabbs drove…